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Fayette County

Lexington, Kentucky · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

42,138
Students enrolled
80
Public schools
3,057
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 1,047
  • Kindergarten 2,945
  • Grade 1 3,152
  • Grade 2 3,185
  • Grade 3 3,369
  • Grade 4 3,061
  • Grade 5 3,219
  • Grade 6 3,096
  • Grade 7 2,812
  • Grade 8 3,167
  • Grade 9 3,584
  • Grade 10 3,410
  • Grade 11 3,169
  • Grade 12 2,890
  • Ungraded 32

By race/ethnicity

  • White 42%
  • Black or African American 24%
  • Hispanic/Latino 22%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Asian 5%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 21,187 of 42,126 students in the 69 of its 73 schools that report
  • Free lunch 48%
  • Reduced-price lunch 2%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$18,742 spent per student on day-to-day operations Kentucky median: $13,611 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $10,641
  • Support services $7,247
  • Other (food service, etc.) $855

Where the money comes from

  • Local 54%
  • State 33%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $836.7 milliontotal spending $887.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: LargeStudents: 95% city, 5% rural

Total staff (FTE)

6,667

District office

450 Park Place, Lexington KY 40511

County

Fayette County

Official website

NCES District ID

2101860

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About Fayette County

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of the Fayette County Public Schools, with a commitment to equity and excellence, is to educate all students through effective teaching for learning.
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Public Schools in Fayette County (90)

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Sandersville Elementary

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 765 students · Elementary

Coventry Oak Elementary

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 755 students · Elementary

Garrett Morgan Elementary

Lexington, KY · Grades KG–05 · 746 students · Elementary

Liberty Elementary

Lexington, KY · Grades KG–05 · 721 students · Elementary

Veterans Park Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades KG–05 · 702 students · Elementary

Rosa Parks Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades KG–05 · 681 students · Elementary

Stonewall Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 674 students · Elementary

Cardinal Valley Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 643 students · Elementary

Cassidy Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades KG–05 · 632 students · Elementary

Tates Creek Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 626 students · Elementary

Athens-Chilesburg Elementary

Lexington, KY · Grades KG–05 · 620 students · Elementary

Lansdowne Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 610 students · Elementary

Wellington Elementary

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 608 students · Elementary

Brenda Cowan Elementary

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 586 students · Elementary

Dixie Elementary Magnet School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 584 students · Elementary

Madeline M Breckinridge Elem School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 576 students · Elementary

Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elem School

Lexington, KY · Grades KG–05 · 567 students · Elementary

Millcreek Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 529 students · Elementary

Clays Mill Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades KG–05 · 527 students · Elementary

Deep Springs Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 521 students · Elementary

Meadowthorpe Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 517 students · Elementary

Glendover Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 482 students · Elementary

Southern Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 476 students · Elementary

Squires Elementary School

Lexington, KY · Grades PK–05 · 447 students · Elementary